Orang Asli (Indigenous Malaysian) Biomedical Bibliography AS Baer

97. Morley, D. C. Some notes on the health of the Semelai in southern Pahang. Bull. Raffles
Museum Series B, no. 4 (H. D. Collings, ed.):133-134, 1949. (Some 200 people were studied
after a food shortage occurred.)
98. Murugasu, R., F. Wang, and A. S. Dissanaike. Schistosoma japonicum-type infection in
Malaysia—report of the first living case. TRSTMH 72:389-391, 1978. (On an Orang Asli
tuberculosis patient who had a rare form of schistosomiasis.)
99. Nevin, H. Annual report of the Institute of Medical Research, Federated Malay States, for
the year 1937. IMR, Kuala Lumpur, 1938. Pp. 145-147. (A health survey on Semai at Kuala
Denak, Perak, revealed 85% of those under 10 years of age, but only 6% of adults, had malaria
parasitemia; after 2 years of anti-malarials, only 5% of all ages had parasitemia; over 10%, all
ages, had filarial infections and 74% had intestinal helminths.)
100. Nicholas, C., and A. Baer. Health care for the Orang Asli: consequences of paternalism and
non-recognition. In Health Care in Malaysia, The dynamics of provision, financing and access.
H. L. Chee and S. Barraclough, eds. Routledge, London, 2007. Pp.119-136. (An assessment of
many serious problems, including leprosy; reports 31 cases of HIV/AIDS were known in Orang
Asli in 2003.)
101. Noone, H. D. Report on the settlements and welfare of the Ple-Temiar Senoi of the Perak-
Kelantan watershed. J. Federated Malay States Museums 19:1-85, 1936. (Describes physical
stereotypes of Orang Asli groups and of Malays; in the appendices, mentions yaws but lack of
goiter in the Temiar and skin diseases common in nomadic “Negritos;” mentions malaria in Ulu
Plus; estimates infant mortality rates at 29-45% and provides other demographic data.)
102. Nor Aini, U., et al. Iron deficiency anaemia as an adjunct to soil-transmitted helminthiasis
among Orang Asli children in Selangor, Malaysia. Asia Pacific J. Clinical Nutrition 13
(suppl):S124, 2004. (The author is listed as Aini, N. U. in some databases.)
103. Nor Aini, U., et al. Serum iron status in Orang Asli children living in endemic areas of soiltransmitted
helminths. Asia Pacific J. Clinical Nutrition 16 (4):724-730, 2007. (On Selangor
children; all had at least one intestinal worm, 25% had giardiasis, 42% were anemic; stunting and
wasting were associated findings.)
104. Norazah, A., et al. Streptococcal impetigo among aboriginal children in Malaysia.
SEAJTMPH 26 (4):803-804, 1995.
105. Norhayati, M., et al. The prevalence of Trichuris, Ascaris and hookworm infection in Orang
Asli children. SEAJTMPH 28:161-168, 1997.
106. Norhayati, M., P. Oothuman, and M. S. Fatmah. Some risk factors of Ascaris and Trichuris
infection in Malaysian aborigine (Orang Asli) children. MJM 53:401-407, 1998.
107. Norhayati, M., et al. Hookworm infection and reinfection following treatment among Orang
Asli children. MJM 50 (4):314-319, 1995. (Among 193 Temuan children, 31% had hookworm;
only 8% did so after 4 months of treatment, but reinfection rates were high.)
108. Norhayati, M., et al. Efficacy of single dose albendazole on the prevalence and intensity of
infection of soil-transmitted helminths in Orang Asli children in Malaysia. SEAJTMPH 28
(3):563-569, 1997.